About

I'm a sociologist interested in gender inequality, appearance, and consumerism. I work at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow in the Thinking Matters program. In 2011 I challenged myself to live without mirrors.... for a year. This blog began as a way to document my no-mirrors project, and has since evolved into a place where I muse, rant and report on my colliding worlds of sociology, social psychology, contemporary feminism, body image, beauty culture, and our obsession with buying stuff. Welcome!